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Marauder

Gay and Depressed in Prison

3rd place entry in Corgi's Gaybellion Contest

In this game, you play a very familiar character from the previous Gay and Depressed stories, who is now in jail. You used to be a side character in other people's stories, but now the spotlight is finally yours in this Gay and Depressed spin-off!

If you're interested in some more Gay and Depressed story games, check out the original by queenlatifah04, Gay Old Time by Darius_Conwright, Gay and DepressedER!!! by fresh_out_of_the_oven, and Gay and Depressed: The snow bunny society by Benholman44. All of the "gay and depressed" stories are stand-alone stories, so each one can be read separately, but I highly recommend you check these stories out!

Junkyard Bay Blues

unpublished

My entry for Mizal's 1 day contest that took place on 2/22/2026.

Lol. I'm a bit surprised he hasn't heard of the copypasta, since putting the language barrier aside, it feels like that gag has been around forever. Or maybe he was just playing along. Although I don't think he's that slick.

Is it Liminal?

I agree with you, I feel like at least for me, the beginning and endings were both a slow burn. But of the 2, I liked the beginning more, since the ending after a major incident happens feels almost unnecessary. Like, I feel like the story could have just ended with that event. I am happy they still got to Montana, but somehow, all the days and nights of traveling felt almost wasted especially with how desolate the ending is. And the idea that Gus tells Call many times he doesn't even really want to have a ranch in Montana, he's just a man who prides himself on doing the hard things, and that's a major facet of his identity. It's almost like he has to constantly stay in motion without really knowing why he's in motion. And I feel like Larry McMurtry is too comfortable killing off characters, especially ones I really liked. And I also felt really bad for Newt, like I kept thinking that eventually Newt would have a good ending, but it never really happens. I mean, don't get me wrong, he does get a bunch of cool shit. But the main thing, which was nothing but a conversation, and a formal acknowledgement, never really happens, which is pretty vexing. I think I did a good enough job of describing my feelings about this book without spoiling too much, while still making it clear what events I'm referring to for people who did read the book. If you haven't already read it, check this one out. It's seriously great. It's an epic journey, and I kind of feel like I could have had more pages of epic cattle driving in storms, Indian fights, and all the cow hands getting together and hanging out. Also, Jake Spoon is a sticking point for me. I don't quite know how to feel after reading it, but I enjoyed his character because I honestly did not expect his character to do the things he ended up doing when he first rolled up in Lonesome Dove. I was also kind of surprised how anticlimactic the Pedro Flores cattle rustling adventure ends, but maybe that's kind of the theme that Larry McMurtry was trying to put in this story: Life is harsh, not a fairy tale, and the Wild West is brutal and unforgiving. People die in ways that don't always tie up their story with a neat pretty bow. I guess that's a lesson I need to remember as a reader, since I was rooting for Dish the whole book, and was pretty sad about how things turned out. Still, great novel! The Blue Duck adventure also was surprising, always figured it would come back sometime in the book, but I didn't expect it to come back after everything was over. This thing in particular made me agree with you, Mizal, since I felt like Blue Duck was always going to show up sooner or later, but the way his story arc ends feels pretty unsatisfactory, and almost like Larry didn't want to leave any lose ends after the major event in the story, the penultimate climax, the ending before the actual ending, which still felt a bit of a drop for me, especially after what had happened like a 100 pages before. But putting all that aside, it's ridiculously awesome, and it's one of those books that's so easy for me to pick up right where I left off. I liked the prose, and the fact that unlike Blood Meridian, it wasn't too complicated, or densely knotted/philosophical. But it has some really good ideas about how to live your life, and it just felt really inspiring, reading about these cowboys doing all this crazy shit to bring cattle from Texas to Montana. I also thought Larry left an unfinished thread with Po Campo. Like he was introduced as this guy who traversed the entire journey from when he signed on, to not avenging his sons. And I guess July's story arc too, like I kind of expected him, Roscoe, Joe, and Janey to have an ending where they find Jake Spoon. Ellie was a deeply frustrating character but I felt bad for her up to the point where she makes Zwey and her cross to St.Louis. Still, I guess the fact that I'm able to type so much means that this story hit it out of the park, and it truly is one of the best books I've read putting aside all my thoughts on surprises that the book threw at me.

Huh, me and Gryphon are the same age. The more you know! I honestly thought you were a few years older, like 25 or 26.

I'll take Life in the fast lane. I need to start the 10 reviews that will help me wipe out one of my strikes Reviews to wipe out all the strikes: 0/10 so far. I'll update this as I go along.

Finally figured it out! I'm really glad MHD censored our posts, and I just want to say this was such a cool idea MHD! It was so fun to try and figure everything out, and it was so tricky, but it once it clicked everything fell into place. I guess if I had any advice to future puzzle solvers it would be to not necessarily take everything at face value, or be so laser focused at finding a number on each page. I would try to broaden my perspective, and just kind of see each page as a whole, and you should figure it out. Great work MHD! And gryphon for figuring it out so fast, it took me some time! By the time I logged back into the site, MHD already scrubbed your progress log, so I was completely in the dark. Not an easy puzzle. To save future puzzlers some time, I'll say that my "Late4Tea" interpretation was erroneous. It won't lead you anywhere, and I think that was a red herring. or I just overthought it, because the actual clue is different. Still click on their user profile, just don't be led astray by the number four in the username like I was

Thanks, missile sender. You've been polite and nice in all my interactions with you, so I really appreciate that! As for what color my pants are, I'm a man. In that case, if you'd like other recommendations for stories that aren't explicitly LGBTQ+(although I do think it's a shame that you're voluntarily excluding yourself from really good stories, but I'll leave it be for now, although I must say that this is no way to experience life), here are a few: Bestest Frend Jane by IAP. It's a great cross country epic about a 7 year old boy who travels to the Grand Canyon. It's tragic and deals with some heavy themes but I really love the descriptive writing, along with the way that IAP describes the journey the boy takes. It's really moving. Ground Zero by Endmaster - It's this awesome post apocalyptic tale about a man who survives in the nuclear holocaust in a few different ways depending on the choices you take, and as a result his life changes dramatically. In this game, you could run into mutants, battle cyborgs, conduct full-scale war campaigns through the internet, and a bunch of other stuff that can't possibly be encapsulated in this tiny comment. It's a really cool story. Blow Your House Down by Bill_Ingersoll - Compared with the other 2 stories listed above, the scope is smaller. This story is locked in a specific series of encounters you have with these 2 suspicious people who are up to no good. Basically, you play as this older man who wants to have a relaxing weekend alone in the wilderness, but then you get these random visitors who are trying to rob you. Also, there's a giant storm coming. There's a lot of endings, so you'll have to backtrack and reroute frequently. Agent of Order by Mizal - It's a really cool murder mystery set in space. Basically, Among Us several years before Among Us was invented(obviously this is a bit of an oversimplification, but in essence the concept is really original and cool!). You have this space station with a crew that's introduced, they're on a mission, and everything seems normal until some weird stuff happen. Also, I'd recommend not looking at the comments or the contest that the story was made for, because there are some twists and reveals that are best experienced organically. It's a really fun story! I feel like four recs are enough for now, so happy reading!

Missile Sender, You got to open your eyes and see the world as it is. Life is too short to just plug your fingers in your ears and go "na na na na na" whenever there's a part of reality you don't like. No one who's LGBTQ+ is bothering you, and using religion to beat people over the head with a stick is a shitty thing to do, morally speaking, and also pointless. Live and let live, and stop being so bullheaded. Honestly, I kind of want you to read "Duke of Winslow" by Darius_Conwright. In this game, you play as a trans man. Maybe that game would give you some much needed perspective. If you're interested, here's the link: https://chooseyourstory.com/story/The_Duke_of_Winslow.aspx I do hope things are going well with you and that you aren't in direct harm or danger from the stuff that's happening in Iran. And besides all the rage baiting, I'm glad to see that you're feeling comfortable with the site and are settling in. I think you've gotten the hang of forum posting, and you've got a good repartee going, so you're able to keep the back and forth, which is important on here. You also don't seem the type of person to get their feelings hurt and run off, so I think you'll probably thrive on here. And yeah, just to echo everyone else's comments, you should probably familiarize yourself more with internet insults, since "bastard" isn't really the most hard-hitting word that it may be in your language. Stay safe!

MHD I think you linked to Mizal's story on accident.